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Eurochambres statement on the EU long-term Competitiveness Strategy
Restoring the long-term competitiveness of economic activity within the EU is vital, and success will depend on striking the right balance between short term and long-term EU challenges.
Europe is...
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Eurochambres position on the European Commission’s proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive (AILD)
Eurochambres welcomes the European Commission´s endeavour to introduce a degree of harmonisation in non-contractual liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI). We call for balanced and clear lia...
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Eurochambres position on the Green Deal Industrial Plan: putting Europe’s net-zero industry in the lead
Eurochambres acknowledges the urgent need to adapt the EU Industry Strategy. The communication by the European Commission on the Green Deal Industry Plan was timely and necessary. Strengthening our ow...
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Joint Business Statement on the due diligence proposal
The European business community supports an EU due diligence framework. However, it calls for realism, proportionality, and workability for this framework to truly enable and guide businesses in takin...
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Joint industry statement on the Data Act: Safeguards necessary to ensure Chapter V preserves data holders’ fundamental rights
As representatives of European businesses, the signatories of this joint statement want to express their deep concerns about Chapter V of the EU Data Act on how to organise mandatory Business-to-Gover...
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Eurochambres position on the European Commission proposal to revise the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD)
As the network of European chambers of commerce and industry, we acknowledge that the revision of specific aspects of the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) is necessary to reflect the technological deve...
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Position on the Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI)
The Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine constituted the most recent challenges to Europe’s economy and continue to undermine the functioning of the Single Market and its recovery e...
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Eurochambres position on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the Council on the European Year of Skills
The 2023 European Year of Skills is an excellent opportunity to work with EU level instruments to respond to labour market needs, such as mobility schemes, upgrading Vocational Educational Training (V...
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Eurochambres position on the EC proposal for a regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
The European chamber network is committed to sustainable and responsible economic activity, that fully respects human rights, including the prohibition of forced labour. In this sense we welcome the C...
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Eurochambres position on the European Commission’s proposal for a Data Act
Eurochambres welcomes the objectives of the European Commission to foster access to data and to encourage its further use for different purposes. For these endeavours to succeed, businesses require a...
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Eurochambres contribution to European Commission’s call for evidence on the review of the de minimis regulation
General comments - given the importance of SMEs for Europe’s economic growth, job creation, competitiveness, and innovation, it is crucial to alleviate their financing conditions by allowing them to...
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Eurochambres position on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
Eurochambres supports the introduction of an eco-design instrument that considers all aspects of the life cycle of a product, while respecting the principle of proportionality. However, the new perfor...
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Letter on the upcoming vote on the complementary act on the role of nuclear energy and natural gas within the taxonomy of sustainable finance
Eurochambres letter to the political groups in the European Parliament regarding the vote on the complementary act on the role of nuclear energy and natural gas within the taxonomy of sustainable fina...
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Businesses call for fresh political engagement to renew economic integration in the Single Market
Joint statement by Eurochambres, BusinessEurope, DIGITALEUROPE, ERT and EuroCommerce....
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Letter on the G7 Leadership for a global sustainable and resilient recovery
Eurochambres letter to the Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of the Federal Government of Germany, Robert Habeck....
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Eurochambres position on the Proposal for Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Eurochambres reiterates that sustainability is at the heart of businesses activities and is key to ensuring long-term economic growth. European businesses are ready to commit to an even stronger respo...
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Eurochambres position on the REPowerEU package
Extremely high energy prices and the uncertain supply situation exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine place an extremely heavy burden on European businesses. Eurochambres understands the cons...
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Joint statement on the importance of the transatlantic partnership and TTC
We, a coalition of trade associations from both sides of the Atlantic, representing businesses of all sizes and active in a variety of sectors, strongly support efforts to strengthen the transatlantic...
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Eurochambres position on Recovery and Resilience Facility – an efficient implementation of national plans for SMEs
The war in Ukraine is currently leading to considerable challenges for national economies and their capacity to absorb the resources available in the national Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs). Ind...
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Eurochambres positon on 2019-2024 von der Leyen Commission mid-term assessment
The first half of the 2019-2024 Commission’s term has of course been massively impacted by the Covid-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine. Several of the priorities set out by Ursula von der Leyen at th...
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EU and Western Balkans: a profound and deepening partnership
Eurochambres calls upon the countries of the Western Balkans and the European Union to set up a clear timeframe for the implementation of reforms leading towards the EU accession of Serbia, Montenegro...